Legal Opinion
Richmond Fairfield Ry. Co. v. United States Housing Corp.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 11, 1934No. 6127PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
GRONER, Associate Justice.
The United States Housing Corporation (appellee) was one of the instrumentalities used by the government in the prosecution of the late war. It owned certain lands located in Henrico county, Va., on which it had begun the building of a new town. In 1918-19 the question of sewage disposal for the town became acute, and appellee negotiated with the owner of nearby property for the right to construct and opérate a sewage system across her lands. Apparently the effort was abortive, for in 1919 proceedings were begun and carried out under the provisions of an Act of…
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